The Sustainability Collective

Some eco-inspo for your evening 👍☺️

Brilliant 👍🏼

What The Law Says About Using Your Reusable Containers Has a business ever refused to use your reusable container or bag on the grounds of health and safety regulations? I’ve got the facts for you.

Companion planting 👍🏼

Tomatoes Hate Cucumbers: Secrets of Companion Planting + Popular Planting Combinations | Homestead Guru Did you know that tomatoes hate cucumbers? While they might taste great together in a salad, tomato plants actually dislike growing in close proximity to any member of the curcurbit family, which includes cucumbers. Tomatos love carrots and basil, however – so planting these together will actually m...

Sustainable house designing learning anyone?

Sustainable Building & Design Consultations Tickets for Sustainable Building & Design Consultations in Cockburn from Ticketbooth. Ask a sustainable building expert Are you thinking of building or renovating in the City of Cockburn? Do you want to make sure that your new building design is good for your pocket, and for the planet? The City o

Oxygen Levels In The Ocean Have Dropped Suddenly We know that climate change is having a drastic impact on the ice caps and glaciers, but it is also changing the chemical make-up of the oceans. While the

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Please, please, please share this image with your network (and then get yourself a keep cup)!

Ikea ❤

IKEA's $400 flat-pack city bike will hit US stores in February The next time you're going to pick up a few pieces of furniture from this iconic retailer, take a look at the company's new Sladda bike.

We can do this!

Heading back to work this week? Don't forget to throw your reusable cup in your bag! ☕

Looking for alternatives to plastic? How about reusing glass jars?

Freezing Food in Glass - Why We Love It & What You Can Freeze Are you phasing out plastic in the kitchen and swapping it for glass? Here's why we love storing and freezing food in glass, what you can freeze, and tips.

Love 😍🙌🏻

IKEA launches indoor garden that can grow food all year-round The furniture retailer has just unveiled its new KRYDDA/VÄXER series, a hydroponic growing system that will allow anyone to easily grow fresh produce at home.

Awesomeness is an electric bike in the colours of the rainbow 🌈 😍

Our brushless, gearless electric motors means that not only will you get from A to B quickly, but quietly too.

Coffee doesn’t need aluminum pods! More and more coffee drinkers swear by single-cup pods – a booming business for Nespresso, Keurig and others. Pods are tough on the planet, however: bauxite mines are eating into rainforests for the needed aluminum, most of which ends up in landfills after use. Tell the coffee companies to put an en...

Finally an engineering school changing the way they teach to actually solve the whole problem not one in isolation!

The Fifth Estate | Biophilia centre stage as Griffith pulls civil engineering into the 21st century Green buildings and sustainable cities – news and views

Looking for Xmas pressies with a higher level of authenticity?

Oxfam publishes ‘naughty and nice’ list of ethical fashion brands Fast fashion is everywhere. One second you’re browsing an online store for some new shoes; a minute later, those same exact shoes are staring you in the face in an ad on your Facebook.

Lets do this!

A Plastic Bag Ban For Australia Could Be Around The Corner. Here’s How... Every piece of plastic ever created exists somewhere. With that in mind, it’s overwhelming to think that every day in Australia alone 10 million...

Airless bike tyres brilliant!

These new airless and tubeless tires could make bike flats a thing of the past Could a new type of bike tire completely remove the frustration that comes from one of cycling's most common issues?

Yes!

How to Build Green on a Budget The challenge: build the greenest houses on earth—and make them affordable.

How about this for positive reframing?! 💖

The Netherlands held a competition to design new refugee housing. These are the winners. A Home Away From Home is a design competition aimed at rethinking public housing.